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Show (J REVIEW 39" all whileit the needlefl'cly think to jufiiiie theml'elves, they juftific m..- ..._ m 4-,".. we, ,..-.__._ ,4... y. the fucceilzfull Rebellions that Ambition {hall at any time raife a- gainfi them, and their Sueceflbrs. Thereforel put down for one rite Con. of the molt effectuall feeds of the Death of any State, that em. for t to s action mens of querors require not onely a Submiffion when ‘p‘aft, actions their n ofall batio Appro the future, but alio an there is fcarce a Common-wealth in the world , whole ocginnings _ ‘_ can in confcience be juftified. g more, nor nothin th fignihe ny, Tyran of And becaufe the name men , iamany or one, in it be ignty, Sovera of name lcile,than the gain, (Numéerx 2 5. 6,7. )when Phinehas killed Zimri and Cosbi it bee ving that they that ufe the former word , are underfiomfl to pro- a o tion tolera the think I ; angry with them they call‘Tyrants the fight of the Aflembly; there needed no WitneflE; the Law was felled hatred of Tyranny, is a Toleration of hatred. to Commonwealtliin generall, and another CVllnl feed, not ditfering much from the tormenFor to the jufiification ot the‘Caufe or a Lonquerorahe l 4" w «I: -:-: ..-. ..-.. J‘. Reproach ofthe (Iaufc of the Conquered, is for the molt part necei- M'RM AFMJSr‘m-QjQ-MA AND CONCLVSION, theSoyersugn Command, but from the Authority of Private Zeal: which,if we confider the texts that feem to favour it is quite contrar Firf't, where the Levites fell upon the People) that had mad]. and worlhipped the Golden Calfe,and flew three thouland ofthemi: it was by the Commandement ofMofes, from the mouth of God: as is manifeft, Exoa'. 32. 27. And whenthe Son of a woman 0? ‘fary :but neither of them necefiary tor the Obligation or the ConqueredAnd thus much I have thought ill: to fay upon the Renew of _ [ the firfl and fecond part of this Difcourfe. §cripthe or ed out declar ently fufhci have I r, In the 35. Chapte ture, that inthe Common-wealth or the jewes, God himfelre was made the Soveraign, by Paét with the People-Z who were therefore called his Peru/Jar People, to difiinguifli them trom‘the rcit or the world, over whom God reigned notbytlieiilConlent, but by his own Power :And that in this Kingdome Moles was Gods Lieutenant on Earth, and that it was he that told them what Laws God appointed them to be ruled by. But I have omitted to letdown who were the Officers appointed to doe Execution-,Felpecml‘ly in Lapaall Puniihments, not then thinking it a matte r of lo neceflary conllderao tion, as I find it fince. Wee know that generally in all Commonwealths, the Execution of Corporeall Puniihments, was either put upon the Guards, or other Souldiers of the Soveraign Power -, or iven to thofe, in whom want of means, contempt of honour, and liardneile of heart, concurred, to make them fue ioriuclian Qfiice. But amongft the Ifraelites it was a Pofitive Law of God their boreraign, that he that was convicted of a capitall Crime, ihoiild be flo« ned to death by the People, and that the Witntfles lhould caft~ the firfl. Stone , and after the Witneflfles , then the tell. 0: the People. This was a Law that defigned who were to be the hatecutioners, but not that any one lhould throw a Stone at him before Conviction and Sentence, where the Congregation was judge. I he VVitnches were neuerthelelie tobe heard before they proceeded to Execution, unlcfle the Pact were committedinthe pretence ot the COHQrcgation it felt, or in fight ot‘tlie lawtull ] ridges-jot then there e, needzd no other WitneflES but the judges theml‘elyes.Nevertheleil this manner ofproceeding being not throughly underi‘tool, hath given occafion to a dangerous opinion, that any man may kiil .znoti iei ~, in tome tales,byaltightofleal-, as it the EXCCtlllitns cone rpm Ofiendetsinthe Kingdome otGod in old time, proceeded not trout tit; Ilrael had ‘blafphemed God, they that heard it,did not kill him , but broughthim before Mofes, who put him under cuftody, till God flqould give Sentence againft him; as appears, Lwims. r r, 1 2. A- was not by right ofPrivate Zeale: Their Crime was committed, in known, andhethe heir apparent to the Soveraignty, and which is the prinCipall pornt, the Lawtulneil'e of his Aft depended wholly upon afublequent Ratification by Moles, whereof he had no caule to doubt. And this Prefumption Ora future Ratification , is l‘ometimes neceilary to the fafetyaCommon-wcalth, as in a hidden Rebellion, any man that can liipprelle it by his own Power inthe Countrey where it begins, without expreile Law or Commillion , may lawfully doe it, and provide to have it Ratilied, or l'ardoned, whileit itisin doing, or atteritis done. Alto i\'m/-;h..35. go. itis expreiIely (aid, 1'1/'/iofoc-ver_/b.zll ln/l the Mart/wry, [ha/l [vi/Mm: upon 1/1: ward‘of "firm/fer: but VVitnedes iiippoi‘c a formall judicatiire, and conlequently condemn that pretence ot‘luo- Zc/utizrum. The Law of Moles concerning him that enticcth to Idolatry, (that is to lliy, in the Kingdomc or God to a renouncing of his Allegiance ( Dew. 13 . 8. ) forbids to conceal him, and commands the Acciiier manic him to be put to death, and to calt theiiril (tone at him; but not to kill him before he be Condemned. And ( Dem. 17. yet. 4, 5,6.) the Procelle againfi Idolatry is exactly let down: [.01. God there {peakethto the People, as Judge , and coniiiiandeth them, when a man is AcCLiletlof Idolatry, to Enquire diligentlyorthe lact, and finding ittriie, then to Stone him; but ilill the hand ol‘tlit: \Vitnelle throweth the hilt itone. This is not Private [c.llc , hut l'iihiiuiiic Condemnation. In like manner when a Father liltli a l'L‘lVL‘lllim‘L Son, the Law 15 (Dear. 2 i. 18.) that he lhill bring "nn l) iioix: t‘a: judges Ol‘tilc Town, and alltlie people or the 'lown lliJ.) ‘atn ': him. Laitly, by pretence ottliele Laws it w.is,tli.tt "it. seven V" l‘. Stoned, and not by pretence or'l'rivate Zeal : for heron l‘..'L' WES Carried away to Execution, he had l'lcadcd lzis Cauli- llt‘li ;- .o High l'i‘ieit. There is nothing in ‘dlltllis, norinanyot‘ :r put it the Bible, to- countenancc Executions by Private Zeal ; \‘u'i'icii inc" ing oftentimes but a conjunction oi‘Igno; ance and l'alliori, is a, ;,..it both the jultice and Peace o'rfli (Lonnnonwtealtli. In the 36. Chapter Iliiye laid, that it ls not declaitd :n alt: manner God {pike iiipei‘nattirally toi'tlolcs : Not tliatlie lp,_l:( n it to him lhometimes by Dreams and Vition», and by a liipci'n,,:ii: .l! Voice, as to otherl'rophets: lior the manner how he lpilh'e' unto him from the Mercy-Seat, is expi‘ellely letdown Number) 7. 99‘ m Dtltl 3 fizclt, |